With grand thanks to Patricia Fell and her team, I have once again been invited to be a part of the Pelee Island Music Series. Yay! This year, I get to do a workshop as well as a poetry reading. Double yay! The workshop is FREE! Although, it does cost to get over to the… Continue reading Summer Writing Workshop – Pelee Island! Join Me!
Category: Events
Mouth Piece Storytelling Makes the News!
So, if you haven't heard (!), I'm starting a storytelling series in Windsor called Mouth Piece. The kick-off event is this upcoming Friday, June 12 - and The Windsor Star has written a lovely piece about the event! Thank you Beatrice Fantoni and Tyler Brownbridge! It was a wonderful experience sharing Mouth Piece with you… Continue reading Mouth Piece Storytelling Makes the News!
The Roots of my Tongue – A Birthday Soliloquy
*I wrote this yesterday, May28, but couldn't post it due to internet connection issues.* Today is my birthday. On this day, it was a Sunday then, thirty-seven years ago, my mother, she was twenty-one then, was labouring me into this world. I was a small baby, long and skinny like a just-hatched bird, I am… Continue reading The Roots of my Tongue – A Birthday Soliloquy
VANESSA SHIELDS 